"Who Is At Fault? Who Gets The Ticket?" Topic

I can't tell.

If you were a space cop, and you just now showed up at the scene, what do you think happened?

Dan
PS. Honestly, what I really want to know is who the artist was. :)

Well it doesn't matter who is at fault really, insurance says your at least 20% responsible just for being there.

I am guessing that the rocket was in the saucer's blind spot.

Johannes Herbert (Johnny) Bruck (born March 22, 1921, October 6, 1995)

The jet is at fault for tail gating.

From that picture, it looks like the jet was struck from behind. I'm guessing that the saucer (with all of it's vision portals on the upper deck) did not notice the jet at a lower altitude and thus struck the jet.

According to my police friends, if in doubt look for the Audi.

I'll be the guy in the rocketship has the crappy insurance with the Mr. Magoo General that tools around with the penguin in the convertible.

The saucer may have struck the jet from behind, but the relative position of the two craft does not make sense absent other information. Due to conflicting witness statements and lack of physical evidence, I was unable to determine fault, so I had the pilots exchange information and instructed them to contact their respective insurance company. The occupants of vehicle #1 (saucer) denied injury. The occupant of vehicle #2 (jet) said that he "would be alright" and signed a medical refusal form. Both vehicle sustained functional and disabling damage; two rotation wreckers were requested.

I hope there are "open carry" laws there…..

youtu.be/NWFZL0WbLAo

Trunk Monkeys are awesome!
I want to know who is going to get those vehicles out of there and then smooth over the holes they put in some poor guys lawn.

I think that jet cut in front of the saucer but underestimated its speed, and got rear-ended as a result.

Under space navigation rules, they're probably both at fault.

The saucer was probably spying on the planet, and the jet was from the planet's defense forces, trying to intimidate the saucer. In that case, fault is irrelevant. The owners of the saucer will have to issue a public apology for flying to close to the jet. During the negotiations over the terms of the apology, the planet's defense forces will do as much research as they can on the secret surveillance gear aboard the saucer.

Saucer's at fault. It hit the jet while trying to parallel park…

Teenagers. With the cops, it's always teenagers.

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… or chibi necrons.

And what sort of Acme ejection system did the jet have?

Finally released to the public.

Dan

Oh, come on! Everyone knows the Moon landing is fake!

The jet's wing is pushed up indicating that it was probably hit from below. The fact that the damage is on the trailing edge indicates that the saucer was going faster than the jet. The saucer was overtaking the jet. The saucer is the burdened vessel and is required to stand clear of the jet as it passes the jet.
The saucer was probably in the jet's blind spot at 6 o'clock low. The poor jet jockey probably never knew what hit him.
Why everybody knows them saucer boys got no respect for the law (of Newtonian Physics). Flyin' erratically. 'aughta' jes' throw the book at 'em. Show them saucer boys they cain't come around our planet disturbin' the peace. No suh. Jes' throw the book at 'em, you' 'onna. We don't want they kind arroun' he-ah.

Best thread.

You know … if these Aliens are so frakk'n high-tech … you'd think they'd have a better pilot training program/system ? Or some kind of Auto-Avoid or AI/Autopilot, etc., Tech …

We humans even have auto breaking on some cars right now. And even back up cameras !

The "legendary" Bob Lazar said at Area 51 the US has @ 9 alien UFOs/spacecraft in a bunker(s). All of them crashed on Earth. Ala Roswell, in '47.

Or even if we shot some down, these higher tech ETs should be able to avoid or intercept our lower tech weapons systems. You'd think ? Of course ol' Bob could be lying ?

Or the gov't is covering all this sort of thing up ?

Or both ?

The saucer was overtaking the jet. The saucer is the burdened vessel and is required to stand clear of the jet as it passes the jet.

That depends on whether or not the Space Rules of the Road follow the Earth Maritime International Regulations for Preventing Collisions or European driving rules of the road.

Just proof that the AI hasn't advanced to the autonomous flying saucer stage yet. And that is why they are always crashing near Roswell.

The guy in the foreground just knows he's going to get a phone call now about the "accident you had in the last 2 years".

Regardless with the accident/incident pictured … someone's insurance rates are going to go up !

Roving Bandit

I almost forgot to thank you for identifying the artist!

Johnny Bruck seems to have been extremely prolific with his SF cover art.

Dan